The Pigeon Express
Scientists are tracking a new, animal-derived virus in eastern China that has infected at least several dozen people. The novel Langya henipavirus (LayV) was found in 35 patients in the Shandong and Henan provinces. Many had symptoms such as fever, fatigue and a cough. They are thought to have contracted the virus from animals. There […]
In China’s depressed real-estate market, desperate developers are accepting wheat and garlic as down payments for rural properties to boost sales. The alternative payment method comes as analysts expect property sales in China to have dropped by 25% from January to June amid China’s zero-Covid strategy. China’s citizens are also shying away from real-estate investments, […]
China recorded its first human infection with the H3N8 strain of bird flu, but the risk of its spread among people is low, the health authority said. The variant was found in a four-year-old boy from the central province of Henan province who showed fever and other symptoms on April 5, the National Health Commission […]
A doctor in China’s Zhoukou city has been charged with a crime for allegedly treating a fever patient while working at a hospital without a fever clinic. Patients with possible Covid symptoms in China can only get treatment at specially designated hospitals. The doctor, only known by their surname Guo, was charged on suspicion of […]
A second city in China has been put under total lockdown after just three asymptomatic Covid-19 cases were discovered. The 1.1 million people of Yuzhou saw its transport system shut down and all but essential food stores closed overnight. It follows a similar lockdown in Xi’an, where 13 million have been confined to their homes […]
The deaths in the recent floods in China’s central Henan province has risen to at least 302, officials confirmed. About 50 people still remain missing after the region was engulfed by severe flooding caused by heavy rainfall. Floods affected over 13 million people and damaged nearly 9,000 homes. The majority of the deaths were reported […]
A mother who flung her baby to safety just as mudslide and floods hit their home, has died. The baby girl was pulled out alive on Wednesday after more than 24 hours buried under rubble. Reports said heavy rains had triggered the landslide at Wangzongdian village in Henan province. The region has seen massive floods because […]
Subway passengers in central China were left clinging to ceiling handles inside flooded cars on Tuesday, trapped up to their necks in rising water, as record breaking rains devastated parts of Henan province.At least 12 people have been confirmed dead in Zhengzhou, the provincial capital, where more than 20 centimeters of rain fell in one […]
A father was reunited with his son after a 24-year search that saw him travel half a million kilometres across China on a motorcycle, chasing tip-offs on the boy’s possible whereabouts. Guo Gangtang’s son was just two years and five months old when he was abducted from in front of the family home in China’s […]
A fire at a martial arts school in China killed 18 and injured 16 – many of them young children. Most of the victims were reportedly pupils aged between 7 and 16 who lived and studied at the Zhenxing Martial Arts Centre in Henan province. The blaze broke out early on Friday and has been […]
Two circus tigers have been shot dead after they escaped and mauled their keeper to death in China in the latest incident of lax safety in the country’s zoos. The tigers belonged to a circus that had rented them out to a tourist attraction near the city of Nanyang in the Henan province, according to […]
At least 4,000 dogs, cats, rabbits and other animals, believed to have been bought online as pets, were found dead in boxes in China, an animal welfare group said on Thursday. The tragedy took place at a logistics hub in central China where the animals were stranded for nearly a week. Rescuers managed to save […]